Jellyfish "ambush" ends Australian woman's record Cuba-U.S. swim

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Jellyfish "ambush" ends Australian woman's record Cuba-U.S. swim

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jellyfish-sting-ends-australian-womans-record-swim-cuba-031808732.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_UhfVtLXosRJGSWNuelEWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-13T201152Z_3_CBRE95B1C9U00_RTROPTP_2_CUBA-SWIMMER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel starts her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana" align="left" title="Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel starts her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana" border="0" /></a>By Michael Haskins KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel was making good headway in calm seas at dusk when she suddenly hit a stinging swarm of jellyfish, eventually forcing her to abandon her quest to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. &quot;It felt like explosions hitting my body,&quot; she told reporters on Thursday after returning to Key West. McCardel, 28, was pulled from the water on Wednesday night. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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